John 3 (HAT) · Opened

1Te gen yon nonm yo te rele Nikodèm ki te fè pati gwoup farizyen yo. Se te yonn nan chèf jwif yo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Yon jou lannwit, li vin bò kot Jezi, li di l' konsa: Mèt, nou konnen se Bondye ki voye ou moutre nou tout bagay sa yo. Paske, pesonn pa ka fè tout mirak w'ap fè yo si Bondye pa avèk li.He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

3Jezi reponn li: Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: Pesonn pa kapab wè Pèyi kote Bondye Wa a si li pa fèt yon dezyèm fwa.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodèm di li: Ki jan yon nonm ki fin granmoun ka fèt yon dezyèm fwa? Li pa ka tounen nan vant manman l', pou l' fèt yon lòt fwa ankò.“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

5Jezi reponn li: Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: Pesonn pa ka antre nan Peyi kote Bondye Wa a si li pa fèt nan dlo ak nan Sentespri.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Lachè soti nan lachè, lespri soti nan Lespri Bondye.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Pa sezi si mwen di ou: se pou nou fèt yon dezyèm fwa.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Van an soufle kote l' vle. Ou tande bri l'ap fè. Men, ou pa konnen ki bò l' soti, ni ki bò l' prale. Se menm jan an pou tout moun ki fèt nan Lespri Bondye.The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

9Lè sa a Nikodèm di li: Ki jan sa ka fèt menm?“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jezi reponn li: Ou se yon gwo mèt k'ap moutre pèp Izrayèl la anpil bagay, epi ou pa konn bagay sa yo?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: mwen menm, mwen pale sa m' konnen, mwen di sa m' te wè. Men nou menm, nou pa vle asepte sa m'ap di a.Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

12Nou pa kwè m' lè m'ap pale nou bagay k'ap pase isit sou latè. Ki jan n'a fè kwè m' lè m'a pale nou bagay k'ap pase nan syèl la?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Pesonn pa janm moute nan syèl la, esepte Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a ki desann soti nan syèl la.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Menm jan Moyiz te leve sèpan ki te fèt an bwonz lan byen wo sou yon poto nan mitan dezè a, konsa tou yo gen pou yo leve Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a byen wo tou.Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15Tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li va gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Paske, Bondye sitèlman renmen lèzòm li bay sèl Pitit li a pou yo. Tout moun ki va mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap pedi lavi yo. Okontrè y'a gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an.For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17Bondye pa voye Pitit li a sou latè pou kondannen lèzòm, men pito pou l' te kapab delivre yo.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Pitit Bondye a p'ap kondannen. Men, moun ki pa kwè nan li, yo deja kondannen, paske yo pa t' gen konfyans nan sèl Pitit Bondye a.Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

19Men ki bò kondannasyon an soti pou yo: limyè a te vini nan lemonn, men lèzòm te pito fènwa a pase limyè a, paske sa y'ap fè a mal.And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

20Lè yon moun ap fè sa ki mal, li pa vle wè limyè a, li p'ap vini kote limyè a ye, paske li pè pou move zak li yo pa parèt aklè.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Men, moun ki fè sa ki bon vre, se nan limyè a menm l'ap vini, pou moun ka wè aklè se obeyi l'ap obeyi Bondye nan sa l'ap fè a.But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

22Apre sa, Jezi ale ansanm ak disip li yo nan peyi Jide. Li rete kèk tan la ak yo, li t'ap batize moun.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Jan Batis menm t'ap batize moun tou nan Enon, toupre Salim, paske te gen anpil dlo la. Anpil moun te vin jwenn li la pou l' li te batize yo.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Lè sa a, yo pa t' ankò mete Jan Batis nan prizon.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25De twa nan patizan Jan yo tonbe diskite ak yon jwif sou regleman relijyon an ki mande pou moun lave kò yo.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Y' ale bò kot Jan, yo di l' konsa: Mèt, ou chonje nonm ki te avè ou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, moun ou t'ap pale nou an? Enben, l'ap batize koulye a. Tout moun al jwenn li.So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

27Jan reponn yo: Pesonn pa ka gen anyen si se pa Bondye nan syèl la ki ba li li.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Nou menm, nou ka di mwen te di nou sa: Se pa mwen ki Kris la, se voye Bondye voye m' pran devan li.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Nan yon maryaj, lamarye se pou nonm k'ap marye a. Zanmi nonm k'ap marye a kanpe toupre l', l'ap koute. Li pa manke kontan lè li tande vwa nonm k'ap marye a. Se konsa, mwen menm, mwen kontan nèt koulye a.The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

30Li fèt pou li vin pi gran, pou mwen menm, mwen vin pi piti toujou.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Moun ki soti anwo a pi gran pase nou tout. Moun ki soti sou latè, se pou latè li ye, l'ap pale nou bagay ki sou latè. Moun ki soti anwo nan syèl la, li pi wo pase nou tout.The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

32L'ap di sa l' wè, sa l' tande. Men, pesonn pa asepte mesaj li.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Moun ki asepte sa l'ap di a, li rekonèt sa Bondye di a se vre.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Moun Bondye voye a, se pawòl Bondye l'ap pale, paske Bondye ba li Sentespri san mezi.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Papa a renmen Pitit la, li ba li pouvwa sou tout bagay.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Pitit la, yo gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Moun ki desobeyi Pitit la, yo p'ap gen lavi sa a. Se kòlè Bondye k'ap tonbe sou yo.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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